WordNet: speech act

the use of language to perform some act

• hypernym act, deed, human action, human activity

• hyponym congratulation, felicitation

• hyponym slander

• hyponym proposal, proposition

• hyponym bid, bidding, command, dictation

• hyponym agreement

• hyponym citation

• hyponym disagreement

• hyponym offer, offering

• hyponym asking, request

• hyponym reply, response

• hyponym description

• hyponym affirmation, assertion, statement

• hyponym denial

• hyponym rejection

• hyponym objection

• hyponym informing, making known

• hyponym disclosure, revealing, revelation

• hyponym promise

• hyponym boast, boasting, jactitation, self-praise

• hyponym naming

• hyponym challenge

• hyponym explanation

• hyponym denouncement, denunciation

• hyponym address, speech

• hyponym resignation

speech act

• (suomi) puhetoimitus (synonyymi)

• (suomi) puheakti (synonyymi)